Flyover Country Baby Boomers and Their Stories [Paperback]

&In Flyover Country you'll meet the dreamers, poets, stoners, jocks, cheerleaders, and anonymous faces that were part of the Class of '69. Then, you'll meet them again, as they are today. Travel the hard road with Harper as the lessons of high school teach him to walk in the deepest black forests.The impressions of Chris Harper's classmates, mixed with his own&.are assembled masterfully to provide us with a revealing picture of Americans living in what the author calls flyover country in two turbulent times - the 1960s and today.&Harper combines the eye of a foreign correspondent with the heart of a poet. He says important things about American culture, about the heartland versus the coasts, about the allure of nostalgia, about the importance of high school as a time of life that shapes us, about the baby boomer experience, about family, and about the pathos of aging. I loved the book.A candid, collective portrait of the highs and lows of daily life, Flyover Country seeks to impart invaluable lessons to future generations, and is highly recommended especially for public library collections.This book focuses on a group of baby boomers who graduated from high school in 1969, entering the world in a time of turbulence to fight in Vietnam, to protest against that war, to find jobs, to have families, and to live lives throughout the United States and overseas.Flyover Country focuses on a group of baby boomers who graduated from high school in 1969 in the Midwest before setting off into the world in a time of turbulence to fight in Vietnam, to protest against that war, to find jobs, to have families, and to live lives throughout the United States and overseas. Many of these people have made significant contributions to their communities as business owners, doctors, lawyers, ministers, politicians, and teachers. Many have suffered through tough times, losing their way due to alcohol or drugs or facing family crises from divorce to the death of a spouse or a child. The stlcÀ